Evin may be one of several unrelated given names:

  • anglicized form of Irish Éimhín, for Saint Evin (6th century). The name is a diminutive of the adjective eimh "swift, active".
  • a variant of Evan, the Welsh form of John.
  • Kurdish ئەڤین (Evîn) means love, and given as girl first name
  • Syriac ܐܝܒ̣ܢ[citation needed]
  • a feminine Turkish name[clarification needed]

The name is relatively rare. It is not one of the top 1,000 male names for babies in the U.S. in any year from 2000-2014.

Given name

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Irish/Welsh
Syriac/Kurdish[clarification needed]
  • Evin Agassi (1945-2024), Iranian-born Assyrian singer
  • Evin Rubar (born 1975), Sweden-born journalist of Kurdish origin
  • Evin Ahmad (born 1990), Sweden-born actress of Kurdish origin
Turkish[clarification needed]

Surname

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French
Turkish
Canadian
  • Tasha-Ray Evin (born 1985) and Lacey-Lee Brass (née Evin) (born 1983), one half of the Canadian rock band Lillix

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